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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2214 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible former site of WWII Pillbox near Dovers Western Docks |
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Summary
Possible former site of a WWII Pillbox near the Tidal harbour of the Western docks and the railway station. Of a likely concrete construction, buildt in 1940 but has since been removed. (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3180 4046 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Possible former site of a WWII Pillbox near the Tidal harbour of the Western docks and the railway station. Of an unknown type but of a likely concrete construction, built in 1940 but has since been removed. It is not visible on an oblique aerial photo taken of this part of dover in 1948 suggesting it had been removed by this time. Recorded as part of the Defence of Britian Project S0014775 (1-2)
<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.
<2> Britain from above, 1948, Oblique Aerial Photograph of Dover, 1948 (Photograph). SKE51740.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain Project. [Mapped feature: #99770 Pillbox, ] |
| <2> | Photograph: Britain from above. 1948. Oblique Aerial Photograph of Dover, 1948. EAW020171. |
